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Alma Rubens
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Alma Rubens
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1897-02-17,San Francisco, California, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia Alma Rubens (February 19, 1897 – January 22, 1931) was an American film actress and stage performer. Rubens began her career in the mid 1910s. She quickly rose to stardom in 1916 after appearing opposite Douglas Fairbanks in The Half Breed. For the remainder of the decade, she appeared in supporting roles in comedies and drama. In the 1920s. Her first stage opportunity came when a chorus girl in a musical comedy theater troupe became ill. Rubens was chosen to take her place and joined the troupe as a regular performer. There she met Franklyn Farnum who was also a member. He later convinced Rubens to leave the troupe and try her hand at film acting. Her breakthrough performance was in 1916 in the movie Reggie Mixes In. She made six more films in that same year. In 1917 she starred in The Firefly of Tough Luck, which was a big success. She gained fame when she became Douglas Fairbanks's leading lady in The Half Breed (1916), and supported Fairbanks and Bessie Love in the cocaine comedy The Mystery of the Leaping Fish later that same year. In 1918, Alma announced that she was changing the spelling of her last name of Rueben to "Rubens" because it caused too much confusion in the movie industry and in publications. She later told Photoplay magazine, "As a matter of fact my name is not the same [spelling] as the painter's. It's either Reubens or Ruebens-I forget which. I never could spell it. Couldn't remember where the 'e' came. So I let it go Rubens." In 1920, she completed The World and His Wife, opposite Montague Love which further solidified her popularity. In 1924, she starred in The Price She Paid and Cytherea. Rubens developed a drug addiction which eventually ended her career. She died of pneumonia shortly after being arrested on narcotics charge in January 1931. A funeral service was held on January 24 at the Little Church of the Flowers at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Her body was then shipped to Fresno where a second service was held at the Christian Science Church on January 26. She was interred in Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery in Fresno. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Alma Rubens has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6409 Hollywood Blvd.

Filmography

The Winding Stair

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The Winding Stair
1925-10-25

Master of His Home

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Master of His Home
1917-08-12

A Man's Country

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A Man's Country
1919-07-13

Is Love Everything?

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Is Love Everything?
1924-11-30

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Siberia
1926-03-28

The Gangsters and the Girl

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The Gangsters and the Girl
1914-08-07

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The Cold Deck
1917-10-31

The Masks of the Devil

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The Masks of the Devil
1928-11-17

5.8

The Half-Breed
1916-07-30

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Cytherea
1924-05-04

She Goes to War

6

She Goes to War
1929-06-07

5.8

The Americano
1916-12-23

5

Show Boat
1929-07-27

The Gilded Butterfly

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The Gilded Butterfly
1926-01-03

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

5.8

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916-06-11

5.5

Humoresque
1920-05-29

The Children Pay

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The Children Pay
1916-11-26

The Rejected Woman

5

The Rejected Woman
1924-05-04

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

7.1

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916-09-04

Diane of the Green Van

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Diane of the Green Van
1919-02-09

Reggie Mixes In

5.8

Reggie Mixes In
1916-06-10

An Old Fashioned Young Man

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An Old Fashioned Young Man
1917-04-14

A Woman's Awakening

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A Woman's Awakening
1917-03-24

5

The Dancers
1925-01-04

Under the Red Robe

5

Under the Red Robe
1923-11-12

The Birth of a Nation

5.996

The Birth of a Nation
1915-02-08

Enemies of Women

5.2

Enemies of Women
1923-04-15

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Find the Woman
1922-04-02

The Valley of Silent Men

6

The Valley of Silent Men
1922-09-10

The Ghost Flower

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The Ghost Flower
1918-08-18

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East Lynne
1925-11-23

The Gown Of Destiny

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The Gown Of Destiny
1917-12-30

Truthful Tulliver

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Truthful Tulliver
1917-01-07

Marriage License?

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Marriage License?
1926-09-05

The Heart of Salome

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The Heart of Salome
1927-05-08

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Fine Clothes
1925-08-09

The World and His Wife

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The World and His Wife
1920-07-18

The Price She Paid

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The Price She Paid
1924-09-15